Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Things That Made Me Happy

I can certainly understand why most of the Rogues consider Grodd a threat, but I'm glad at least some of them find him disarming.

While I don't like Kara being irascible and quick to judge (like teenagers can be), I must admit that after decades of watching her pig-tailed subservience as Superman's 'secret weapon', it's actually refreshing.

For my no-prize, "regarding the roar of the solar wind, it is known now that space is a highly imperfect vacuum, and while sound audible to human hearing cannot be transmitted, Super-hearing allows for the interpretation of the same force which would propel a solar-sail spacecraft as sound. If it were translated to human terms, it would sound a little like waves breaking overhead while underwater."

I think I can tackle the matter of why Clark's clothes stink. "Clark's super-senses grant him detection abilities beyond the range of normal human senses, much like a dog. As such, Clark likes to roll around in squirrel poop."

I have to differ with you, Scipio. I don't like omnipotent Superman. So the precise power thing irritated me. Also the hearing through the vacuum. Also the whole "you're lifting the weight of a planet" thing. They're just writing themselves into a corner again, where there's no reason to have any other heroes besides Superman and there's no threat that can logically challenge him.

The omnipotent Superman (on one level) sets him apart from the rest and provides more opportunities for a writer while also challenging readers. Look at this scene: He has the strength to throw the moon out of orbit - so that he has to be *very* careful when dealing with the Toyman - while managing to bungle being flirted with, and sounds threatening without meaning to.

Brilliant.

Also, my way of claiming the "No prize:" Clark's clothes stink becaus he lives in a major urban center. We do not live in a toxin-free environment. However, they don't smell enough, so he dips them into *just* enough squirrel-oops for the smell to before the smell is authentic, before he launders them at a laundromat. On the usual day - varied, occasionally, to lend realism to *that,* as well.

Apologies for my typo in the last paragraph of the above - I guess I'm a "prase-level error" kinda-guy. Omit the prhase "before the smell is" and in the single word "be," and it might make more sense.

Hello to Scipio. I've enjoyed your posts without posting before tonight. Always imagined you settling down with Clark after he realized that his dealings with Lois just some sort of gay panic before he came out. Best withes with the new beau even if he is not Clark.

It's not hearing through a vacuum. There was recently a show on the science channel about the various thrums and squeals the universe makes. It's not a perfect vacuum in space, and it is not for humans. But with superhuman hearing, why not. NASA says the sound of a black hole is 57 octaves below human hearing range